The Back Room The Back Room: Answering Hong Kong’s Riddle This week: the intrigue around ABHK’s return, a new art-world power couple emerges, the rise of single-owner auction action, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 24, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Pharrell’s Online Auction House Is Offering Millions of Dollars Worth of Celebrity-Worn Bling + Other Stories Plus, Hokusai's 'Great Wave' sells for $2.8 million and the V&A celebrates seven decades of Chanel. By Artnet News, Mar 24, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Why Vermeer’s Many Secrets Are Now Coming to Light [Re-Air] This week, contributor Kriston Capps joins the podcast to discuss a the many secrets of the famed Dutch painter. By Artnet News, Mar 23, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Nepali Officials Claim Works on Display at the Art Institute of Chicago Were Stolen + Other Stories Plus, Ezra Chowaiki dishes on the art world's dirty secrets and Pace adds the estates of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. By Artnet News, Mar 23, 2023
Art & Exhibitions New Analysis Reveals That the Famed ‘Ugly Duchess’ Renaissance Painting May Not Depict a Woman After All As is so often the case with 16th-century works, the answer lies with Leonardo da Vinci. By Artnet News, Mar 22, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: An Austrian Museum Has Tilted Its Paintings ‘A Few Degrees’ to Draw Attention to Global Warming + Other Stories Plus, HSBC is piloting an art-finance offering and Nino Meier is opening a second New York gallery. By Artnet News, Mar 22, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Elizabeth Peyton Painted Lucas Zwirner’s Portrait for Her Debut Outing With His Dad’s Gallery + Other Stories Plus, the Gardner museum closed in fear of climate protests and Thaddaeus Ropac now represents Zadie Xa. By Artnet News, Mar 21, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Dozens More Works in the Met’s Collection Have Been Linked to Disgraced Dealer Subhash Kapoor + Other Stories Plus, a diplomat takes the helm at Belgium's AfricaMuseum and Rachel Rossin joins Magenta Plains. By Artnet News, Mar 20, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Silicon Valley Split This week: the art-market lesson in Silicon Valley Bank’s demise, Canadian art crime runs rampant, big auction losses follow big auction publicity, and much more. By Artnet News, Mar 17, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Nike Said It Is ‘Deeply Concerned’ By the Allegations Against Tom Sachs + Other Stories Plus London museum attendance still hasn't recovered from lockdown and Liste announces the exhibitors for its 2023 fair. By Artnet News, Mar 17, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How the Heist Movie ‘Inside’ Turns Art Into a Thief’s Salvation This week, Artnet News's Kate Brown speaks to the film's director Vasilis Katsoupis and art curator Leonardo Bigazzi. By Artnet News, Mar 16, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: A Taipei Museum’s Valuable Hi-Res Art Scans Have Been Leaked Online + Other Stories Plus, Masterworks acquires Arthena and Venus Williams is fundraising to save Nina Simone's childhood home. By Artnet News, Mar 16, 2023
Archaeology & History A German Man Just Learning How to Use a Metal Detector Uncovered a Hoard of Buried Byzantine Jewelry and Silver Coins The discovery was made in what once was a Viking Age trade settlement. By Artnet News, Mar 15, 2023
Art History Who Was Leonardo da Vinci’s Mom, Actually? A Provocative New Book Suggests She Was a Slave From the Caucasus of Central Asia The book is based on a newly uncovered document that was supposedly written by da Vinci’s father in 1452. By Artnet News, Mar 15, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: The Centre Pompidou Has Sealed the Deal on Its New Museum in Saudi Arabia + Other Stories Plus, a judge dismisses the lawsuit against Peter Max's conservator and Frieze New York releases its exhibitor list. By Artnet News, Mar 15, 2023